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Myoxanthus-antennifer-Karlene-CBR-2018-02-20Determined not to be Myoxanthus antennifer (Feb 2020), but an unidentified species; petal shape differs from M. antennifer; petal margins on this plant have long, profuse cilia basally, which are not present on M. antennifer; stelida on end of column are long compared to line drawings; lip fringe long compared to erose margin of the lip in the drawings; proportions of sepals not close to those in the drawings, these are much longer than wide; laterals are more than 4x their width; leaves of this plant appear wider than those of M. antennifer.

Posted on February 20, 2018

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1

Leaf Length: 16

Leaf Width: 0.9

Leaf Margin: smooth

Leaf Shape: linear

Pseudobulb Length: 32

Pseudobulb Width: .2

Flower Natural Spread Length: 1.2

Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.8

Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.9

Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.2

Lateral Sepals Length: 0.8

Lateral Sepals Width: 0.2

Petals Length: 1.2

Petals Width: 0.2

Judging Center: Great Plains

Award Number: 20183509

Award Date: February 17, 2018

Awarded As: Myoxanthus antennifer 'Karlene' CBR

Twelve flowers and two buds on eight inflorescences; plant growing on 9 x 12cm piece of cork with sphagnum moss, longest terete ramicaul 0.2cm wide x 32cm long, covered with five dry tan sheaths spotted maroon, longest linear leaves 0.9cm wide x 16cm long, medium green; sepals and petals translucent chartreuse overlaid with maroon spots and stripes; petals with maroon hirsute margins; lip dark maroon, light green central stripe, white hirsute margins; column light green overlaid maroon on distal, superior one-third, two teeth on inferior margin, anther cap light green; substance heavy; texture crystalline; species from Ecuador; ID by SIFT__________________.

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